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dry habitat of such slopes greatly limits vegetation density. On the other hand, even 2:1 slopes that are <br /> north facing and sometimes east facing can be vegetated with a density that is entirely adequate to <br /> control erosion. The habitat there is much cooler and more moist that the same grade of south facing <br /> slope. Of course,this assumes soil quality is the same which is the case here. <br /> The best access to do this slope work would be from the east end of the berm after doing the <br /> repair work on the eroded eastern portion of the South Berm. Accessing the South Berm from the <br /> access road to the pit might do more damage to the north/south portion of the South Berm than is <br /> necessary. That berm is very narrow where it starts and gets wider to the south. However, if west side <br /> slope reduction is to be done on that section of the south berm then access from the access road into the <br /> pit would be appropriate. <br /> In the example,the top of the South Berm is currently about 15'wide. Removing the top Y of <br /> the top of the berm to use that material to create a more gradual slope on the south side,plus a small <br /> slice along the edge would keep the berm at 15'wide while creating a 3:1 slope on the south side <br /> possible without moving the toe of the slope closer to the adjacent property. This is one possible <br /> combination to produce a solution,but other combinations are also possible and easily figured out by <br /> using the diagram. No changes are made on the north slope, but with simple adjustments that could also <br /> be figured out rather easily while staying within the rather restrictive limitations in reconfiguring the top <br /> of the South Berm. <br /> Vollmer Pit Technical Revision June 2018 Updated Reclamation Plan Page 19 of 26 <br />